Electric-light fixture and hanger.



P. P. HARRISON. ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURE AND HANGER. APPLICATION FILEDDEO.19, 1910.

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ELECTRIC-LIGHT FIXTURE AND HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1911.

Application filed December 19, 1910. Serial No. 598,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK PINKNEY HARRISON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Covington, in the county of Newton and Stateof Georgia, have invented an Improvement in Electric-Light Fixtures andHangers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved means forsuspending and protecting an electric light fixture or hanger. Thefixture or hanger proper is suspended from and inclosed by a shield orprotector to whose lower port-ion a lamp socket and a reflector may beconveniently attached.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts areas hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawingwhich represents a central vertical section of a lamp fixture and hangerconstructed in accordance with my invention.

A indicates the cap or cover of a shield or protector E which isattached to and pendent therefrom. The protector is preferably madeof'sheet metal and incloses other parts as shown. The said cap or coveris practically concavo-convex in form, the inner side of the same beingprovided with a pendent central boss into which a rod D is screwed. Thelower end of said rod is screw-threaded and connected by a screw jointwith a disk F, which, in practice, is preferably constructed of iron inorder to increase the weight of the fixture or hanger as a whole, sothat it will tend to maintain a vertical position.

The under side of the disk F is provided with a screw tap to which alamp holder H is attached, the same being connected with a disk, orso-called hood, L to which conducting wires are attached. The part L isformed of non-conducting material and the stem of the socket J, intowhich an incandescent bulb K is screwed, is detachably engaged with theparts L, H. The conducting wires W are secured in binding-posts attachedto the under side of the disk L, and spring contacts are also connectedto the same binding-posts, and, when the lamp socket is attached, asshown in the drawing, the springs are in contact therewith and thus acircuit is closed through the Wires W and the ordinary conductorsextending to a source of electrical supply. The said wires pass throughinsulated plugs G fixed in the metal plate F and are attached to bindingscrews B which are attached to, and insulated from, the conical top A ofthe shield. Short wires operatively connect the bindingscrews with theline conductors, as shown.

It will thus be seen that I provide strong, durable, and eificient meansfor hanging and supporting a lamp fixture and for holding the conductingwires duly separated and yet protected from contact with the hand-lineused for lowering or elevating the lamp.

It will be understood that the hand-line is in practice attached to theloop C that is permanently connected with'the top A of the shield andruns over a pulley suspended from a guy wire (not shown). The conductorsare sufficiently long and slack to allow the lamp to be lowered to apoint where it will be accessible for repair or other purpose.

The body E of the shield is approximately cylindrical, its upper portionbeing, however, swelled, as shown, for the purpose of giving it anornamental form. Therefiector I is suitably connected with the lower endof the body E of the projection, but this feature constitutes no part ofmy invention.

It will be noted that the several parts of the interior portion of thefixture and hanger are easily detachable from each other, whichfacilitates storage and transportation.

What I claim is 1. An improved electric light hanger and protector,comprising an elongated hollow body having a cap secured thereto, a roddetachably connected with said cap and pendent therefrom within the bodyof the hanger, a disk detachably connected with the lower end Ofsaidrod, a lamp hanger proper also detachably connected with the under sideof said disk, and conducting wires extending to the lamp hanger properand passing through guide openings in the aforesaid disk and secured toand insulated from the cap of the protector, substantially as described.

2. The improvement in electric light fixtures and hangers, comprising anupper suspending portion, a pendent rod detachably provided withcontacts adapted for closing connected therewith centrally, a Weightedthe circuit through the lamp, substantially disk screwed on the lowerend of said rod as described.

and provided With openings for passage of FRANK PINKNEY HARRISON.conducting Wires and a lamp support proper Vitnesses:

comprising a socket and a part H which is J. H. CARROLL,

detachably connected with the said disk and JNO. B. DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

